New York-Based Designer Stella Flame Sells Her Handmade Jewelry On Upmarket Cruise Ships ...

During these experiences, jewelry lovers view new collections, try on designs at leisure, and have the opportunity to shop till they drop Cosmopolitan jewelry designer Stella Flame takes a more subtle and customized approach by personally presenting her creations on luxury passenger ships during cruises that cater to a well-educated, high net worth; over 40 demographic While her creations retail at New York's Museum of Arts and Design, Flame's jewels were featured in the International New York Times in 2019, among other publications of record.

"All of Stella's collections have a rare and distinctive look and quite a sumptuous feel," says Beverly Hills, CA.-based jewelry designer Hutton Wilkinson, Creative Director of Tony Duquette Jewelry "Her artisans apprenticed in a rich, traditional and expert jewelry culture that stretches back thousands of years Thus her jewels embody European, Persian and Turkish influences, cloaking the wearer with an aura of timeless refinement" Bangkok-based artist and jewelry designer Matthew Campbell Laurenza of MCL Design notes, "Stella has pioneered a nature-based aesthetic that fuses antique cultural motifs with her sophisticated yet sustainably-oriented, 21st century sensibility.

Variously set with diamonds, colored sapphires, lapis lazuli, pearls, topaz and other precious gems," he continues, "Stella's creations mix sterling and high karat gold in the manner of Ottoman Empire jewelers." According to the raven-haired designer, who also owns and operates an eponymous gallery in Sag Harbor, New York, Flame sees several unique advantages to selling jewelry on culturally programmed, small luxury cruises Equally important, Flame observes, "When you're on a ship that's rocking back and forth on the waves, you're liberated from typical day-to-day life and likewise free from standard retail pressures It's a separate, somewhat dreamy reality" Indeed, the languid oceanic vibe, Flame continues, puts everyone in an expansive, more contemplative mood. Source